Posted at 05:22h
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Fees Free Target Missed Chris Hipkins released Fees Free data , showing that the estimate of potentially eligible students dropped from 80,000 to 54,000 (-33%). Actual...
Unitec Institute of Technology (Unitec) had a poor 2017, following up a big 2016 deficit with an even bigger 2017 deficit. The 2018 selloff of most of their (unneeded) main...
Posted at 07:17h
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Fees Free NZUSA and other students defended the Fees Free policy (RNZ, Waatea News). National's Paula Bennett said that the policy was a resounding failure, as did...
The Skills Organisation (Skills) had a successful 2017, with expansion into new areas, trainee growth and a surplus.
Our Take
Skills had growth in trainees, especially for higher-value apprentices (which drove...
The House is not covering tertiary education issues. Select Committees are hearing submissions. Oral Questions covered employment schemes. Written Questions covered: the TWOA CE and the draft International Education Strategy.
Relevance:...
Posted at 06:34h
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by Dave Guerin
Policy, Management & People
Fees Free Auckland Uni VC Stuart McCutcheon said that the Fees Free policy has had little effect and the spending was poorly targeted (ACT's David Seymour...